If you can’t be bothered cooking and want to avoid the squabbles over choosing a restaurant, never fear, we’ve asked those in the know for a few recommendations.

A number of celebrity chefs are in town for this weekend’s Good Food and Wine Show, but when they hang up the apron at the end of each day, it’s likely you’ll spot them at some of Perth’s hottest restaurants.

Masterchef judge Matt Preston is another expert palate who has given Perth’s food scene the tick of approval. He said local food lovers are “spoiled for choice”.

“Perth people eat out. They’ve gone from a fine dining on birthdays and anniversaries type of culture to something much more European,” he said.

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“When the licensing changed, suddenly we had this massive explosion of places like Cantina 663, Pata Negra, West End Deli, Sayers, Boucla, I could go on and on."

“It’s an expensive place to eat out, in some places more so than others, but that new generation is meeting that demand for something more reasonable.”

Preston also listed local eateries Print Hall, Restaurant Amuse, Bread in Common and Clarence’s among his favourite spots. But he insisted a good meal doesn’t have to be somewhere fancy.

“It’s hard to go past a good burger or a good a souvlaki. Even bad pizza is good pizza,” he said.

For those inclined to cook up a storm themselves, we asked the Good Food and Wine Show's celebrity chefs to reveal their top cooking tip along with their favourite local restaurants.

Do you agree with their suggestions? Tell us in the comments below.

- Antonio Carluccio

What are your favourite Perth restaurants?

I will find out when I get there!

What is your top cooking tip?

Cooking is such a complex thing it is difficult to give only one tip. However, I think my motto ‘mof mof’ should always be kept in mind when cooking: maximum of flavour, minimum of fuss.

- George Calombaris

What are your favourite Perth restaurants?

Restaurant Amuse: I have been there a couple of times already. It’s in my top 10 restaurants in Australia.

8 comments

Celebrity Chefs????????????? I have heard of Antonio Carluccio but not of any of the others you suggest, on picture they look like greasy fish and chips fryers, you also left out McDonalds and Kentucky Fried Chooks.

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Arthur Insidious

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July 11, 2014, 10:33AM

Well then you must live under a rock!

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Catherine

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July 11, 2014, 12:36PM

Well said Arthur, the garbage these people dish up here as haute cuisine is disgusting! It's probably a colonial thing major inferiority complex every fish fryer here is a celebrity chef.

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Robin

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July 11, 2014, 2:40PM

For you to not know any of these chefs speaks more about you than them. Matt Stone particularly is a terrific young chef and will have many many years of accolades to come.

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MamaJune

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July 11, 2014, 3:53PM

Totally agree, Arthur Insidious must live in a cave. The only one that I haven't heard of is Miguel Maestre.

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Magpieboy

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July 12, 2014, 8:34AM

Pata Negra in Nedlands is at the top of my list, Rockpool, although stupidly expensive is hard to fault. Il Lido in Cottesloe is fantastic from breakfast, lunch of dinner and La Lola in Nedlands deserves a mention as well.

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Gareth

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July 11, 2014, 2:34PM

Pata Negra - Rockpool - you must be joking, two joints that would last in Europe not even 1 week! shows you get sucked in by the pallava and really have no idea at all about food, this is Australias cuisine - Melbourne’s best meat pie!!!! Stick to that, sandblasted animal carcass cartilage baked in a pie crust with salty gravy is what Australia loves.

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Taranuccio

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July 11, 2014, 3:01PM

Thank you for your comments Taranuccio - and thank you for sharing your favourite Perth restaurants. I for one can't wait to try them all.